Steve Piazzale interviewed me on TV regarding my new book “Upbeat.” Here is the entire interview in four parts. We covered (parts of) two of the five chapters of Upbeat in these thirty minutes. Here it is: Part 1 (9:39 min) Note: The interview starts after the intro about the show. The intro lasts for… Continue reading
Date Archives → April 2009
You too, can be flawless, but…
Yes, you too can be flawless and make the judges say things like… “Utterly, utterly electrifying..” “Jawdrappingly outstanding performance. Just breathtaking. I could not take my eyes off you and I did not want you to end.” “You have shown that – with focus, commitment, confidence and hard work, you can achieve something. It is… Continue reading
Daily News…and the case for "Upbeat"
I created my first cartoon on BitStrips. This might be a cliche but “If I can create a cartoon on Bitstrips..you can definitely create one too.” It is dead simple. My cartoon is about daily news. Here it is.. Now for the commercial: The above cartoon is precisely the reason you should take a look… Continue reading
The Invisible Competitive Advantage at TomPeters.com
My new column was published today at TomPeters.com. It’s about the Invisible Competitive Advantage. Businesses are constantly in search of competitive advantages. The question that they constantly ask themselves is “How can we be ‘the choice’ for our prospects as they evaluate products or services that we offer?” Books have been written about how to… Continue reading
10 Cheap Tricks to Get More Traffic
You can “get” traffic or you can “earn” traffic. If you want to “earn” traffic, you have to be prepared to “creating compelling content” online and creating a powerful identity offline and online. If you want to “get” traffic, you can use cheap tricks and tactics. “Earning” traffic helps you in the long run and… Continue reading
Leverage is the name of the game: The Fulcrum Effect
“Absence of Leverage” in your life typically manifests itself as a “lack of time” problem. Since everybody has the same amount of time and some people get a lot more out of that same time, those people should be doing something different or should have something different in them. And, I think “one” of that… Continue reading
The "gradual change" in attitude about "change."
Photo Courtesy: Teddy on Flickr If you recollect your childhood memories, you loved change. In fact you were looking forward to it. When you could not turn, you worked hard on turning around. When you could not move, you worked hard to crawl. When you could not walk, you didn’t give up until you were… Continue reading
The Only Miletsone That Matters…
Milestones or the pursuit of them can mess you up big time, especially if you are going after the wrong ones. Social networks can blur the line, really. Take any social network and one of the easy metrics to measure is “quantitative” rather than “qualitative.” On LinkedIn, it it is the total number of contacts… Continue reading
